John Zorn Movies

For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

A job like any other, for those who get up, go to bed, and collect their money.

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

Documentary examining contemporary Jewish musical culture in New York's avant garde Jazz scene in the 1990s.

Traces the journey of five kung fu monks in search of the American dream. Hailing from China's legendary Shaolin Temple, these Zen masters and kung...

An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

John Zorn: alto sax, vocals Bill Frisell: guitar Wayne Horvitz: keyboards, piano Fred Frith: bass Joey Baron: drums

SM curio immaculately shot by Maria Beatty.

Iconic film moments juxtaposed with the ordinary. The methods to create the shots run from classic studio set-ups to shooting on location using...

John Zorn with his band at Anthology Film Archves performs COBRA, part one.

— The term "KiyaKiya" comes from the old Japanese expression "mune ga kiyakiya suru." I first encountered it in Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's book...

Part Two of John Zorn's COBRA (see April 16 for Part One).

He's been called Dr. Bones and Reptile Ray. Usually dressed in tattered "field-trip" clothes, Ray Bandar has been a fixture at the California Academy...

A young Taiwanese filmmaker explores the lives, dreams, and aspirations of a group of tenants at the Hastings Hotel, a resident hotel located in...

This film is a documentary composition of new jazz, New York as the city that generates it, and the musicians playing it. The thoughts of the...

Cahen surveys a New York in transition, in transit, in smog, in chaos and in peace.